Censorship Notice

CENSORSHIP NOTICE
1. Private correspondence of officers and enlisted men attached to, residing on, or travelling
on, the U. S. S. VULCAN is permitted subject to the Censorship Regulations, U. S. Navy, 1942.
2. Correspondence may be by means of post-cards, letters, parcel post, and where facilities are available, by V-Mail, telegrams, cablegrams or telephone.
V-Mail, or micro-film mail, must be written on a special form and conform to the
requirements printed on the form as well as the requirements below. V-Mail travels
by air.
In some ports facilities are available for "Expeditionary Force Messages" which
are fixed-text cable- and radiograms sent at a fixed rate. The texts cover a wide variety
of subjects.
Whenever facilities for any of the special forms of communication are available, the
fact will be published to all hands.
3. Under no circumstances shall open or hidden references be made in any private correspondence to any of the following:
(a) The location, identity, movement or prospective movement of any merchant ship,
aircraft, naval vessel, or naval or military force.
(b) The defensive or offensive forces, weapons, installations, or plans of the U. S., or
her allies. Discussion of strictly naval information such as fire control apparatus,
turret gear, torpedoes, mines, guns, target practice, radio apparatus, aviation equipment, contents of secret or confidential publications, etc., is prohibited. Reference
shall not be made to weather conditions.
(c) The production, movement, or supply of munitions, or the location or progress of
war industry in any form.
(d) The routine or employment of any naval or military unit of the U. S., or her allies.
(e) The effect of enemy operations, or casualties to personnel or material suffered by
the U. S., or her allies, previous to the official publication of such information.
(f) The criticism of equipment, appearance, physical condition, or morale of the collective or individual armed forces of the U. S., or her allies.
(g) Matter, the dissemination of which might benefit enemy military, economic, or
financial interests, or which might interfere with the national effort of, or disparage the foreign relations of the U. S., or her allies.
No photographs or films of naval or military nature may be sent through the mails without special authority. Unmounted photographic prints of non-military character, conforming to
the above requirements, may be mailed.
4. Letters written by persons on board ship shall not be carried ashore for mailing by any
person other than regular Navy Mail Clerks or Mail Orderlies, nor shall any communications, in
violation of the above provisions, be written, sent, or originated, ashore.
, 5. Letters may be signed at the discretion of the writer, but he must place his family name
with initials, rate, div., and ship at bottom of last page. - The name, rate, div.,_and service (USN,
USNR, etc.) of the writer and the return address must appear on the left hand corner of the
envelope of letters and must appear on registered mail and when using free postage. In the case of
post cards, the family name, and initials, rating, and service (U. S. N.) will be placed in the left
hand corner.
6. Free postage may be used by writing the word "Free" in the upper right hand corner
of the envelope or card. Air mail, printed matter, merchandise, mounted pictures, business letters
(except personal) and some other items are not permitted free postage. The privilege does not
apply to anyone not actually a member of the armed forces.
7. The postal address of this ship is "USS Vulcan, % Fleet Post Office, New York. All telegrams, cablegrams, etc., addressed to Vulcan personnel must be sent to the ship care of Commandant, First Naval District, Boston, Mass.
8. It is suggested that every person aboard send a copy of this notice to his family in order
that not only may they know how to communicate with you in an emergency, and know what regulation we must observe, but that they may do their part to keep information from the enemy
that may cost all of our lives.
M. SCUDDER
Lieut., U. S. N. R.
USS Vulcan-7-12-43-750. Ship's CenSOl'.
I lack of detailed inf or mat ion l* the MMW«t ft*el*4M
*od K. Roth

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CENSORSHIP NOTICE
1. Private correspondence of officers and enlisted men attached to, residing on, or travelling
on, the U. S. S. VULCAN is permitted subject to the Censorship Regulations, U. S. Navy, 1942.
2. Correspondence may be by means of post-cards, letters, parcel post, and where facilities are available, by V-Mail, telegrams, cablegrams or telephone.
V-Mail, or micro-film mail, must be written on a special form and conform to the
requirements printed on the form as well as the requirements below. V-Mail travels
by air.
In some ports facilities are available for "Expeditionary Force Messages" which
are fixed-text cable- and radiograms sent at a fixed rate. The texts cover a wide variety
of subjects.
Whenever facilities for any of the special forms of communication are available, the
fact will be published to all hands.
3. Under no circumstances shall open or hidden references be made in any private correspondence to any of the following:
(a) The location, identity, movement or prospective movement of any merchant ship,
aircraft, naval vessel, or naval or military force.
(b) The defensive or offensive forces, weapons, installations, or plans of the U. S., or
her allies. Discussion of strictly naval information such as fire control apparatus,
turret gear, torpedoes, mines, guns, target practice, radio apparatus, aviation equipment, contents of secret or confidential publications, etc., is prohibited. Reference
shall not be made to weather conditions.
(c) The production, movement, or supply of munitions, or the location or progress of
war industry in any form.
(d) The routine or employment of any naval or military unit of the U. S., or her allies.
(e) The effect of enemy operations, or casualties to personnel or material suffered by
the U. S., or her allies, previous to the official publication of such information.
(f) The criticism of equipment, appearance, physical condition, or morale of the collective or individual armed forces of the U. S., or her allies.
(g) Matter, the dissemination of which might benefit enemy military, economic, or
financial interests, or which might interfere with the national effort of, or disparage the foreign relations of the U. S., or her allies.
No photographs or films of naval or military nature may be sent through the mails without special authority. Unmounted photographic prints of non-military character, conforming to
the above requirements, may be mailed.
4. Letters written by persons on board ship shall not be carried ashore for mailing by any
person other than regular Navy Mail Clerks or Mail Orderlies, nor shall any communications, in
violation of the above provisions, be written, sent, or originated, ashore.
, 5. Letters may be signed at the discretion of the writer, but he must place his family name
with initials, rate, div., and ship at bottom of last page. - The name, rate, div.,_and service (USN,
USNR, etc.) of the writer and the return address must appear on the left hand corner of the
envelope of letters and must appear on registered mail and when using free postage. In the case of
post cards, the family name, and initials, rating, and service (U. S. N.) will be placed in the left
hand corner.
6. Free postage may be used by writing the word "Free" in the upper right hand corner
of the envelope or card. Air mail, printed matter, merchandise, mounted pictures, business letters
(except personal) and some other items are not permitted free postage. The privilege does not
apply to anyone not actually a member of the armed forces.
7. The postal address of this ship is "USS Vulcan, % Fleet Post Office, New York. All telegrams, cablegrams, etc., addressed to Vulcan personnel must be sent to the ship care of Commandant, First Naval District, Boston, Mass.
8. It is suggested that every person aboard send a copy of this notice to his family in order
that not only may they know how to communicate with you in an emergency, and know what regulation we must observe, but that they may do their part to keep information from the enemy
that may cost all of our lives.
M. SCUDDER
Lieut., U. S. N. R.
USS Vulcan-7-12-43-750. Ship's CenSOl'.
I lack of detailed inf or mat ion l* the MMW«t ft*el*4M
*od K. Roth